Lung Cancer Events
Links To Lung Cancer Web Sites

Lung Cancer Forums, Chat Room, and Support Links

• Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors Support Community - Connecting patients, families, friends and caregivers for support and inspiration.

• LUNGevity Survivors Support Community - Dedicated to giving support to anyone affected by lung cancer.

• CancerCompass^SM Forum - Lung Cancer Message Board

• Yahoo-based Lung Cancer Support Forum

• CancerCare - Providing free, professional support services to people with cancer, caregivers, children, loved ones, and the bereaved.

• Lung Cancer Survivors Meetup - Find a Lung Cancer Survivors Meetup Group

• Liz Martocci Lung Cancer Foundation - Helping anyone living with lung cancer without insurance live the life they deserve.
  
  

Advocacy Organizations

• Australian Lung Cancer Conference - Fundraising, advocacy and education.

• Caring Ambassadors Program - Fundraising, advocacy and education.

• Global Lung Cancer Coalition - The international 'voice' of lung cancer patients comprised of 23 non-government patient organizations from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK and US.

• Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) - A national non-profit organization dedicated solely to patient support and advocacy.

• Lung Cancer Canada - A charity whose sole mission is to raise awareness, provide patient focused information and offer peer support.

• Lung Cancer Foundation of America - Fundraising, advocacy and education.

• The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation - The only charity in the UK wholly dedicated to defeating lung cancer.
  
  

Screening and Treatment

• International Early Lung Cancer Action Program - Focusing on early diagnosis, treatment, and ultimate cure of lung cancer.

• Grace's Onc Talk - Lung cancer research information, updates and commentary by Dr. Howard (Jack) West.

• HealthWell Foundation® - A charitable organization that helps individuals afford prescription medications for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
  
  

Research Fundraising Organizations

• Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation - One of the largest philanthropies devoted exclusively to eradicating lung cancer.

• Joan's Legacy: Uniting Against Lung Cancer - Committed to fighting lung cancer by funding innovative research and increase awareness of the world's leading cancer killer, with a special focus on non-smoking related lung cancer.

• Lung Cancer Research Foundation - The mission of the Lung Cancer Research Foundation is to support national research studies and activities focused on developing innovative strategies for better treatments, screening, and prevention of all cancers of the lung. New knowledge gained by funding scientific and clinical research initiatives will lead to more positive outcomes and improved quality of life for all lung cancer patients.

• LUNGevity - A grant-making nonprofit organization funding lung cancer research and providing support to the lung cancer community.

• Lung Cancer Foundation of America - LCFA’s goal is to be at the frontline, opening the door to the private sector money supply in order to support research that will predict, detect and treat lung cancer.

• National Lung Cancer Partnership - Dedicated to decreasing deaths due to lung and helping patients live longer and better through research, awareness and advocacy [also see www.freetobreathe.org].
  
  

State/Regional Lung Cancer Organizations

• Gail P. Ramos Lung Cancer Foundation (CA) - California-based foundation.

• The Beverly Fund (CA) - Easy to understand information and helpful resources for the patient, caregiver, and advocate.

• Linda's Legacy Foundation (FL) - Florida-based foundation.

• The Joan Gaeta Lung Cancer Foundation (GA) - Georgia-based foundation.

• Lung Cancer Initiative for Metropolitan Chicago (IL)- Partnership of medical institutions and advocacy/support groups.

• Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Program (KY) - Joint research initiative between the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville.

• The Jeni Fund (MA) - Fund raising for research into women's lung cancer issues at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

• Upstage Lung Cancer (MA) - A research fundraising organization that uses music and musical theater entertainment to raise awareness of lung cancer and supports research for early detection and diagnosis.

• Lung Cancer Connection (MO) - Providing support, education, information and hope to the newly diagnosed and their families

• Thomas G. Labrecque Foundation (NY) - Fundraising, advocacy and education.

• Lung Cancer Circle of Hope (NJ) - Committed to providing education about Lung Cancer in New Jersey and nationwide.

• The John and Amy Mewhiney Cancer Foundation (NJ/MD) - Maryland- and New Jersey-based fundraising foundation.

• Jennifer L Bartlett-Perini Women's Lung Cancer Education Foundation (MI) - Michigan-based fundraising foundation.

• North Carolinians Against Lung Cancer (NC) - A chapter of NLCP - to educate and increase awareness, and raise research funds for early detection and treatment.

• Brittany’s Battle (NC) - Provide information and support for families, caregivers, and friends in North Carolina.

• Kate MacIntyre Foundation (NC) - North Carolina-based fundraising foundation.

• The Lung Cancer Society of Long Island (NY) - Advocates lung cancer early detection, research, education and prevention.

• The Marcia Lemkin Foundation (MA) - Massachusetts-based fundraising foundation.

• South Carolinians Against Lung Cancer (SC) - South Carolina-based advocacy.

• Rexanna's Foundation (TX) - Texas-based fundraising foundation.

• Michael R. Pascucci Lung Cancer Association (VA) - Virginia-based group devoted to the relentless pursuit of eradicating lung cancer

Informational Site Links

• With Every Breath: A Lung Cancer Guidebook - Offered by the Caring Ambassadors Program.

• The Lung Cancer Online Foundation (LCOF) - Improving the quality of care and quality of life for people with lung cancer.

• Together, Facing Lung Cancer - A Guide to Help Patients & Caregivers Face the Challenges of Lung Cancer.

• Centers for Disease Control - Division of Cancer Prevention and Control: Lung Cancer.

• LungCancer.com - A mesothelioma knowledgebase [lung cancer due to exposure to asbestos].

• Lung Cancer Guide - Saving time and energy in finding key lung cancer information online.

• Health Scout Network - General Overview Information about Lung Cancer.

• Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer - An open access journal publishing original laboratory and clinical investigations related to lung cancer.

• Faces of Lung Cancer - A book giving a voice and a face to patients navigating the health care system

• YouTube

  • Lung Cancer PSAs and Patient Videos

  • Lung Cancer Alliance Videos

Conferences

• 2009 Jul 31-Aug 4 - 13th World Conference on Lung Cancer - San Francisco, CA
  

• 2009 August 1 - 3rd Asian Pacific Conference: Perspectives in Lung Cancer - Featuring state-of-the-art discussions and a scientific agenda focusing on the multimodal management of lung cancer.
  

  Previous Conferences
  

• 2009 June 17-20 - 10th International Lung Cancer Congress - Kohala Coast, HI
  

  2009 May 29 - National Lung Cancer Partnership Annual Meeting - Orlando, FL - Advancing Individualized Care in Lung Cancer: New Hope for Screening and Treatment

• 2009 April 23-26 - 2nd Lung Cancer Advocacy Summit: Acquiring Tools, Effecting Change - Dallas, TX - The goal of the Lung Cancer Advocacy Summit is to empower advocates by providing them with training, resources, knowledge, and courage to go back to their communities and take action.

• 2007 September - 12th World Conference on Lung Cancer - Abstracts and Papers from this conference are available

• 2008 July - International Conference on Lung Cancer - Liverpool, UK - Abstracts and Papers from this conference may become available.

• 2008 March - 9th European Congress: Perspectives in Lung Cancer - Torino, Italy

• American Society of Clinical Oncology - 2008 ASCO Annual Meeting Manuscripts & Journal of Clinical Oncology Articles focused on Lung Cancer

News/Research Announcements

Federal Legislation


• US SENATE: S. 3187: Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2008 - Calls for the shall implementation of a comprehensive program to achieve a 50 percent reduction in the mortality rate of lung cancer by 2015.
  

• US SENATE and US HOUSE Resolution On Lung Cancer Mortality of 2007 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should declare lung cancer a public health priority and should implement a comprehensive interagency program to reduce the lung cancer mortality rate by at least 50 percent by 2015.
  
  Publications
  

• Lung Cancer Update - Featuring one-on-one interviews with international thoracic oncology research leaders. Pubished in pdf files and audio/IPod files.

• Lung Cancer Research Today - A monthly journal that collates and summarizes the latest research.

• Lung Cancer Frontiers^TM - Covering the most current research for screening and treating Lung Cancer.
  
  Articles and Links

• News PodCasts provided by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.

• 2008 July 22 - First Cancer Diagnostic Test Based on Rosetta Genomics' Proprietary MicroRNA Technology Receives Regulatory Approval.

• 2008 July 16 - Newburyport News - MA Governor asked to fund lung cancer activities.

• 2008 April - Economist: Smoking out the smoking gene - Your genes may control ... how likely you are to get lung cancer.

• Caring Ambassadors Lung Cancer Program - Weekly News Summary of articles about Lung Cancer Research and Treatment.

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